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Cover Story - In my TIME
“In the Great War the school responded nobly to the call, some 180 old boys having been traced as serving, most of these joining up at once before conscription was introduced and twenty-eight died for their country.” “Temperament suits the conditions of time – if students are the harbingers of change and trend, then St. Paul’s has perhaps had, as an institution, a wide and varied experience.”
“The contradictions of the past, the challenges of the present and hope for the future, mixed with the magnificence of the mountains give the school its character.”“There is a continuity that survives, becoming as we understand it – a calling card of Paulite behaviour, unchanged through the years” |
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Feature - A BOND Bonanza
“I have loved India and it is very fascinating to be a part of its history of the last hundred years. I can easily visualize my parents and grandparents as an integral part of an important era in India's history and can identify with them better.” Ruskin Bond in an exclusive to MENTOR on his definition of education, his writing, his impressions of the young mind…
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Intellect map - Compliance or responsibility: what are we striving for?
The paper published below is an extract from a part of the research study conducted by Ms. Prerna Goel in Australia studying classroom behaviour in children. Understanding Reward
Reward is defined as “a desired object or event made conditional on having fulfilled some criterion” (Kohn, 1993, p. 53). In a similar argument, reward power is seen as a student’s yearning to get something that they want (Lewis, 2008). Currently there are many types of rewards being used in the classrooms. Following are some of the examples of rewards that I saw in the schools that I visited in Australia: |
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Academia input - On the evolution of education
“Etymologically the word ‘education’ is derived from ‘educare’ which means ‘bringing up of children physically and mentally’. “ Supplementing formal educational opportunities has been the role of education for ages now. In other words, ‘school’ has an important role to play in the societal system thus creating a new social being by imparting knowledge, skills, values and other aspects of life and learning through the ages. Dr. Vidya Shetty offers a collated thumbnail sketch of the evolution of education over the ages in India…….
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